Cristiano Ronaldo scored his second Premier League hat-trick in three games to fire Manchester United to a 3-2 victory over Norwich at Old Trafford on Saturday, strengthening the club’s bid to qualify for the Champions League.
Discussion regarding the Portuguese icon's impact at United has swirled in recent weeks, with the Reds -- 20 points adrift of rivals Manchester City -- increasingly looking set to miss out on a top four finish that would secure them a place in the Champions League next season.Yet a near-perfect weekend for Ronaldo and United saw top-four competitors Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur both suffer defeat, as United move into fifth with six games left.
Ronaldo's hat-trick was his second in three league games.Trademark Ronaldo?In many ways, the winner was signature Ronaldo -- a stunning free-kick to cap a hat-trick and secure a vital win for his team. And yet the fact it was scored via a free-kick is, in recent years, distinctly un-Ronaldo like.Despite a career highlight reel of free-kick goals, Ronaldo had not scored directly from one since September 2020 for Portugal.
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